Davis's husband Mark C. Lee was payload commander on STS-47 .

Then, in October 1994, he was the payload commander on the SRL-2 mission, STS-68.

He served as the payload commander on the 2002 mission and lead spacewalker in charge of Hubble activities on the 2009 flight.

This was the second Hubble Space Telescope maintenance mission and Lee again served as payload commander.

The only other space veteran in the crew is Dr. Kathryn Thornton, the payload commander, who has flown three times before.

In 1998, he served as the payload commander on the STS-90 Neurolab mission.

I look at Aki as the payload commander.

The telescope became a $1.5 billion laughingstock, and it is now Musgrave's job as payload commander to quell the laughter.

Dr. Janice Voss, on her fourth space mission, is the payload commander.

He was the payload commander on the Columbia, responsible for nearly 100 science experiments on board.